The Tactical Shotgun

Tactical Shotgun
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The Tactical Shotgun Suarez gives you his second book on tactical weapons.

Gabe Suarez sets the record straight on the true role of the shotgun in combat.

He shows you what you need to know to defend your home, family or business, including multiple hostiles, low-light situations, moving targets and more.

For those that don’t know Gabe Suarez is a veteran of Southern California law enforcement, where he has served for many years.

His extensive field experience includes single officer patrol, gang enforcement, special operations and tactical training.

He was one of the founding members of his department’s Special Weapons and Tactical Precision Rifle teams.

Gabe Suarez knows his shotguns, and the Tactical Shotgun is one of the best books on the subject.  If you want to know how to use a shotgun for interpersonal conflict resolution, you need to read this book.

This book is a key work on my shelf of shotgun manuals.  I don’t hunt or skeet shoot with my shotgun, it is only used for self-defense purposes, which makes this book even more valuable to me.  I recommend this book highly.  Between this book, a sling, and a lot of practice, you won’t need much else.

Review on Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning

Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning

Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning
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Typical books about preserving garden produce nearly always assume that modern “kitchen gardeners” will boil or freeze their vegetables and fruits.

Yet Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning goes back to the future—celebrating traditional but little-known French techniques for storing and preserving edibles in ways that maximize flavor and nutrition.

Translated into English, and with a new foreword by Deborah Madison, Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning deliberately ignores freezing and high-temperature canning in favor of methods that are superior because they are less costly and more energy-efficient.

As Eliot Coleman says in his foreword to the first edition, “Food preservation techniques can be divided into two categories: the modern scientific methods that remove the life from food, and the natural ‘poetic’ methods that maintain or enhance the life in food. The poetic techniques produce… foods that have been celebrated for centuries and are considered gourmet delights today.”

Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning offers more than 250 easy and enjoyable recipes featuring locally grown and minimally refined ingredients. It is an essential guide for those who seek healthy food for a healthy world.

I can’t stress how much food production is important for preppers.  I don’t care how much you store, you will eventually run out.  Being able to produce and store food is vital.

Kitchen DIY: 2 Great Grilled Cheese Sandwich Techniques

Kitchen DIY: 2 Great Grilled Cheese Sandwich Techniques
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Feminists have no fear, as I am the sammich maker at my house.  I mean I do tell Genny to go make me a sandwich, but she tells me to get up and make it myself….

Having a toddler means I have plenty of time to get my grilled cheese skills refined – so much so that I want to share 2 Great Grilled Cheese Sandwich Techniques that I have perfected.  One is faster, one tastes better – but hey its a grilled cheese, so all recipes are fast and good enough…

First, instead of using butter on your bread – try mayonnaise – the fat content fries the bread beautifully, but it gives the sandwich a nice taste, plus it is much easier to spread.

the second is to heat the over to 350 and pour a little oil in a cookie sheet and lay out an even number of slices of bread in the oil – layering a single slice of cheese (or grated cheese) on each slice.  Bake for about 10 minutes and then combine two slices to make a nice set of sandwiches all at once.

Like I said, these 2 Grilled Cheese Sandwich Techniques are easy, there isn’t much to them, but they are tasty and fast.